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Muster Roll Call  (200 years before George Washington was born!)

1540 in present day USA.& would be the last New World Entrada.
Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado,

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado(his true family name is Vazquez in accordance with Spanish custom). was the second son of a noble family of Salamanca.

Hernando de Alvarado (a relative of Don Pedro de Alvarado) was a twenty three year old who checked in with four horses and a coat of mail with sleeves.

The second in command, Campmaster Lope de Samaniego, would be the first to die, a veteran of Indian campains, reported sixteen horses, two buckskin jackets,a coat of mail, some
cuirasses, and arms of the country.

Juan de Vegara, a cavalryman, who declared that the only animal he had to ride was a mule.

Hernando de Alcaron, first explorer and discoverer of the Coronado River.
Was the Viceroy's chamberlain.

Juan de Zaldivar, outstanding scout, related to the Onate family. (His kin Juan de Onate, founded the first permanent settlement in the United States of America)

Captain Pablo de Melgosa -Was Captain of the Footmen and the leader of the climbers/soldiers who descend into the Grand Canyon from its South Rim.

Don Rodrigo Maldonado, a cavalry captain and a close friend of Vasquez de Coronado.
Don Rodrigo went to Quivira, and led a side trip to the Pacific Ocean. Engaged Vasquez
de Coronado in a horse race when the girth on Vasquez de Coronado's saddle broke,
nearly killing him when a hoof struck his head.

Rank and File:

Francisco Santillan, blacksmith and veterinarian.
                    Was sent home after he received an arrow wound.

Alfonso Manrique de Lara, from Valladolid,
                    had been in Buenos Aires, Tabasco and Yucatan.

Diego Lopez, former alderman of Seville.

Cristobal de Quesada, an artist, his canvases did
    not survive the centuries.

The Journalist:

Included Vasquez de Coronado, his dispatches to the viceroy and the king were preserved.

Juan Jaramillo, veteran of wars in Italy and Tunis. Jaramillo became a captain and years later he composed the events along the "turquoise trail".

Pedro de Castaneda, a foot, soldier writes the most revealing accounts of the
Vasquez de Coronados expedition.

Don Pedro de Tovar, was the chief standard bearer (ensign), discovered Hopi country. Tovar was the younger son of a Spanish noble (King Carlos had great trust in him)

Franciscan friars:

Fray Juan de Padilla, an Andalusian, his missionary work took him from the isthmus of Panama to Tepic. Took the first tour of New Mexico with Alvarado and traveled all the way to Kansas with Vasquez de Coronado, to his final walk to martyrdom among the Indians of Quivira.

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